California American Water’s MONTEREY PENINSULA WATER SUPPLY PROJECT

UPDATE: Cal Am has new plan for desal

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By JIM JOHNSON Herald Staff Writer, 04/23/2012

Monterey Peninsula Water Project Timeline:

CPUC filing: April 2012

Public participation hearings: July 2012

Final decision: February 2013

Design and permitting: end of 2014

Construction begins: early 2015

Construction complete: late 2016

Source — California American Water

Monterey County Herald

Project Map April 2012

Project Map (April 23, 2012)

ABSTRACT:  California American Water filed its new application with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today to construct the Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project, the company’s proposed water solution solution to the region’s ongoing water supply crisis.  The Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project includes the development of a desalination plant in North Marina and expansion of the company’s current Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) program, conducted in cooperation with the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District. In addition, the company proposes to purchase water from the Groundwater Replenishment Project (GWR) currently proposed by the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency and the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District.  Key features of the company’s new proposal, the Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project, include:

• A 5,500 acre-foot per year (5.4 million gallons per day) desalination plant located in North Marina that will employ Energy Recovery Devices to lower the plant’s power consumption and slant well technology. Slant wells, which will draw water from under the sea floor past the average high tide line, avoid the impacts to marine life posed by open ocean intakes. 
• As part of its application, California American Water proposes to permit the desalination facility for 9,000 acre-feet of water per year (9 million gallons per day) in case the GWR is delayed and unable to deliver water in time to meet state-ordered cutbacks. The company anticipates the decision of whether the desalination facility will be built to the 5,500 acre-foot per year or the 9,000 acre-foot per year level will be made in the last quarter of 2014 and will be based on how far the GWR has come in terms of its environmental review and other permitting work. Construction for the desalination and groundwater replenishment facilities would need to begin by the first quarter of 2015.
• The company plans to add two additional ASR wells, which would add an average capacity of 900 acre-feet per year. . 

Project Map (April 2012), Monterey Water Supply Project - California American Water video, Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project Power Point Presentation, California American Water Press Release and APPLICATION OF CALIFORNIA-AMERICAN WATER COMPANY (U210W) FOR APPROVAL OF THE MONTEREY PENINSULA WATER SUPPLY PROJECT AND AUTHORIZATION TO RECOVER ALL PRESENT AND FUTURE COSTS IN RATES BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA are embedded.

Monterey Water Supply Project - California American Water
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Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project Power Point Presentation (April 23, 2012)

MONTEREY PENINSULA WATER SUPPLY PROJECT PressRelease_04_23_12

California American Water Files Application for Monterey Peninsula Project

Company proposes to supply water from a combination of sources including desalination, groundwater replenishment and aquifer storage and recovery

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APPLICATION OF CALIFORNIA-AMERICAN WATER COMPANY (U210W) FOR APPROVAL OF THE MONTEREY PENINSULA WATER SUPPLY PROJECT AND AUTHORIZATION TO RECOVER ALL PRESENT AND FUTURE COSTS IN RATES

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

(Filed April 23, 2012)